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Sappington, Hartley, iii, 84
Sappington, John, iii, 103
Sappington, Thomas, iii, 105
Sappington, Zephaniah, ii, 66; iii, 103
Sargent's report to Pickering, ii, 175 Sarpy, Gregoire or Gregorie, Berald, ii, 52, 60, 62; iii, 103, 194
Sarpy, Jean Baptiste, ii, 50, 52, 144 Sarpy, Jean Baptiste, junior, ii, 52 Sarpy, Pierre L., ii, 52
Sarpy, Sylvester Delor, ii, 52 Saucier, Francois, settled Portage des Sioux, ii, 8, 384; biographical sketch of, 89, 363, 391, 392 Saucier, Brigitte, ii, 8
Saucier, Charles, iii, 104, 106
Saucier, Frederick, ii, 326
Saucier, Marie Barbara, ii, 10
Saucier, Matthew, ii, 90
Saucier, Mathew, junior, ii, 91
Saucier, Mons., i, 338
Saugrain, Dr. Antoine, biographical sketch of, ii, 28; surgeon of mili- tary hospital, 63, 99, 283, 334; predicts that the Spaniards will be forced to quit the Mississippi, 334, 365, 406; iii, 80
Saukees, i, 169; various names of this tribe, 201; kill Bouvet, ii, 99 Saukees and Foxes, encroach on Osages, i, 181; drive away sur- veyors, ii, 90; predatory excur- sions to the Maramec, 76; meet . Gov. Clark, iii, 101; divided during war of 1812, 105; attack Boone, 113
Saulnier, Father Michel or Michael G., ii, 328; iii, 71 Saurin, or Sorin, dit Larochelle, Joseph, ii, 245 Sauvole, Gov., i, 280
Savage, James, iii, 116
Savage, John, first teacher in Cooper county, iii, 70, 116, 147 Savage, Nicholas, ii, 152 Savage state, attractions of, i, 183
Savage, William, iii, 116, 147, 217 Savages, how Spanish officials were ordered to treat them, i, 290
Savigné, Father, ii, 314 Saviour, or Seavers, John, ii, 190, 192 Savoie, or Savoye, dit Cadien, Jean Baptiste, ii, 22 Savoye, Isidore, ii, 86 Savoye, Jean Baptiste, ii, 88
Sawyer, James, teaches school in St. Louis, iii, 63 Saxton, Joseph, ii, 165
Scarlet, John, ii, 78
Schelling, Jacob, ii, 75
Schermerhorn, Rev. John T., iii, 224 Schewe, Christopher F., opens a school in St. Louis in 1809, iii, 67 School, building erected at Ste. Gene- vieve in 1808, iii, 67; books, 70; for sale at the "Gazette" office in 1808, 71
Schoolcraft, on mound-builders, i, 44; thinks the Cayas identical with the Kansas, 117; as to the name of Mine la Motte, 279
Schoolcraft's trip, through the Oz- arks, i, 24 Schoolhouse, first in Howard county, iii, 70
Schools, in the French settlements, ii, 275; funds for, demand for in memorial to Congress, 391; in the territory, iii, 67; not found in the wilderness outside of the villages, 72; provision for under constitution of 1820, 249
Schools and teachers, ii, 275 Schrader, John, iii, 3 Schrader, Otto, Judge of the Supreme Court, ii, 413; sketch of, 413; iii, 13 Schultz, Christian, comments on so- ciety at St. Louis, iii, 56; describes New Madrid, 171 Scott, Alexander, iii, 111, 131 Scott, Andrew, ii, 156, 157; iii, 8, 69, 245 Scott, Constance, i, 368 Scott county, mounds, i, 64; located, 66 Scott, James, i, 368; ii, 156
Scott, John, i, 7; appointed member of council, iii, 3, 8; biographical sketch of, 12, 67; second of Crit- tenden in Fenwick duel, 77, 86, 104, 107; presents memorial for admission of the territory as state, 242, 244, 247; member of con- stitutional convention, 248 Scott, Moses, iii, 193
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Scott party, massacred, i, 221 Scott, Sabert, iii, 115 Scott, Thomas Baytop, biographical sketch of, appointed Commandant of Cape Girardeau, ii, 382 Scott, William, ii, 153 Scott, W. L., iii, 188
Scott's contest with Easton, iii, 8
Scripps, George H., iii, 237
Scripps, Mrs. John, teaches a pri- mary school at Jackson, iii, 70 Scripps, Rev. John, iii, 196, 237, 240, 239, 241, 242 Scripps, William, iii, 237 Scruggs, Jesse, ii, 190
Scruggs, Mathew, ii, 190
Seal of the state, iii, 267
Search for mounds, i, 41
Seat of state government, iii, 185 Seavers, Charles, blacksmith, ii, 181 Seavers, James, conducts a tavern at Jackson, iii, 61
Seavers, Joseph, iii, 131 Seavers, or Saviour, Nicholas, ii, 183 Seavers, Nicholas, senior, ii, 190
Sebastian, Benjamin, ii, 338, 344, 345; at Bird's Point, ii, 134 Second Street known as Rue l'Eglise, ii, 24 Seditious language, held in abhor- rence, ii, 202
Seek, Carlina, ii, 150
Seeleys, iii, 230
Seeley, Cornelius, ii, 166
Seeley, Guy, ii, 70
Seeley, John N., ii, 70
Segond, Joseph, ii, 18, 56
Seitz, John A., ii, 91
Self, Jacob, ii, 155 Selma Cliff, i, 20 Seminarian Priests, i, 241 Senacal, Antoine, ii, 56 Senecal, John B., ii, 87
Separate financial administration provided by Act of 1806 for the territory, ii, 417
Septlivres, Isaac, opens a school in St. Louis in 1809, iii, 67 Seraphin, or "Benoit," Joseph, i, 355 Seraphine, Ambroise, ii, 151 Serpentine mound, i, 92
Serrano, Manuel, ii, 165
Servan, or Servant, Pierre, ii, 151 Settlement, of French on Missouri in 1745, i, 286; on Saline in 1700 visited, 290 Settlement, of Quivira, i, 147 Settlers, of St. Louis, ii, 11; additional immigration to, 12; on Cuivre Riv-
er, are much exposed to Indian attacks, 96; qualifications of, 215; must raise their children Catholics, iii, 103 Settlers, on Missouri erect forts, iii, 113; ordered away from Boonslick country, 146 Sewell, Joseph, iii, 6, 8, 168
Sexton, Joshua, ii, 163
Sexton, Charles, ii, 189, 192
Sexton, Daniel, ii, 163
Shackleford, William, has a ferry at . Boonville, iii, 62 Schakler, Philip, ii, 166
Shaner, Henry, corporal, iii, 120
Shafers, or Shaver, Joshua, ii, 76
Shanklin, John, ii, 134, 165
Shannon, William, iii, 8, 67; has drugstore in St. Louis in 1809, 83, 185, 192, 194 Sharadin, Henry, ii, 186
Shar(r)adin, Jacob, ii, 189, 192
Sharpe, Anthony, iii, 229, 244
Sharp, Benjamin, iii, 86
Sharp, George, ii, 172
Shaver, Francois, ii, 100 Shaver, Nathaniel, ii, 158
Shaw, Col. John, iii, 94; his account of the attack on McNair, 108; escape of, 109; enlists a regiment in 1815, 136
Shaw, John, keeps tavern at Franklin, iii, 61 Shaw, Joel, iii, 186
Shawnee Indians, described by Long, iii, 151 Shawnee path, from Lorimier's to their village, i, 213
Shawnees mentioned by Marquette, i, 155 Shawnees and Delawares, number of villages of, i, 206; first settlement west of river, 208; Carondelet au- thorizes it, 208; Lorimier, Spanish agent to invite them, 208, 209; Sargent's report of their emigra- tion to Pickering, 209; found by Morgan on the Chepousa, 209; Roger's Band, 209; he favors schools, 209; wealth of Rogers, 209; Peck describes Rogers, 209; settlements of these Indians, 210; their Spanish grant in Southeast Missouri, 219; villages of, near Bloomfield, 231; reliance placed on them during the Genet enter- prise, 318; brought to upper Louis- iana, ii, 53; first migration to Missouri, 170, 173; dwell on Apple Creek, 191; settlement in upper
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Louisiana, 212; meet Clark prior to war of 1812, iii, 101
Shawnees, invited west to protect settlements, i, 181; on Apple Creek, son of Cornstalk resides with them, 213; a sister of Tecumseh, 212; divided into clans, 214; Pierre Menard's account of these Indians, 212; trade with Menard and Valle at Ste. Genevieve, 217; names of these Indians as they appear on books of this firm, 217; names of them on the books of Gilly and Pryor, 218; divided into four clans and their love of personal adorn- ment, 215; with Dodge on the Missouri, iii, 121
Shawneetown, Peck at, iii, 212
Shaw's account of the Sinkhole battle, iii, 130 Shelby, David, ii, 155, 156
Shelby, Eli, ii, 166
Shelby, Elizabeth, i, 381
Shelby, Jonathan, ii, 152
Shelby, Col. Moses, i, 383
Shelby, Reese, ii, 163
Shell, Adam, iii, 106
Shepard, Dr. E. M., opinion as to Big Ozark Spring, i, 18
Shepard, Elihu, establishes a college in St. Louis, iii, 69 Sheppard, John, iii, 131
Shepard, Dr. Edward M., observations as to the causes of New Madrid earthquake, iii, 173
Sheperd, Jacob, iii, 104, 106
Shepherd, Thomas, ii, 172
Sheridan, Henry, ii, 384
Sheriff, collector of taxes, ii, 417
Shaver, Christopher Frederick, ii, 146 Shewe, Charles, keeps tavern in St. Louis in 1811, iii, 60
Shields, John, ii, 186, 189
Shields, Joseph, iii, 104, 107
Shiloh Meeting House, in Illinois, iii, 239 Shipp's De Soto, i, 103
Shirts, made out of deer skins, ii, 232
Shoemaker, first in Boonslick country, iii, 146
Shoemakers, iii, 187
Shon, Patrick, i, 344
Shorter, James, ii, 166
Shorter, John, ii, 166
Shot Towers, at Herculaneum, nat- ural, iii, 153, 190
Shreeve, Colonel Israel, ii, 112, 283 Shreeve, H. M., iii, 193
Shrum, John Nicholas, ii, 163
Shultz, Christopher, ii, 65
Shultz, George, ii, 65 Shultz, Peter, ii, 65
Shultz, Philip, ii, 75
Sibley, George C., i, 14, 180; as to number of Osages, 181; on agri- culture among Osages, 182; at- tractions of the savage state, 183, 185; on society in St. Louis, iii, 57; agent at Fort Osage, 147; biographical sketch of, 149
Sidney, or Sydener, Lawrence, ii, 78 Sigel, Paul, ii, 12 Siggenauk, i, 309
Signature, of Pedro Piernas, ii, 29; of Francesco Cruzat, 31; of Fer- nando de Leyba, 32; of Cerre, 47; of Perez, 52; of Zenon Trudeau, 59; of Carlos Dehault DeLassus, 63; of Francois LeSieur, 106; of Joseph LeSieur, 106; of Don Henry Lavallee, 138; of Thomas Portelle, 131; of Pierre Antoinio Laforage, 139; of Lorimier, 180; of Father Gibault, 298; of Father Lusson, 310; of Bishop of Louisiana, 312; of Amos Stoddard, 373 Signers, of memorial for admission of the territory as a state, iii, 244 Silas, George, i, 376 Silliman's Journal cited, i, 17
Silver, i, 22
Silvera, Hernando de, i, 113
Simonds, Nathaniel, ii, 96; iii, 103, 106 Simoneau, Charles, ii, 52
Simoneau, Francois, i, 355
Simoneau, Jean Baptiste, ii, 87
Simoneau, Marie, ii, 56
Simoneau, Veuve, i, 357
Simpson, Andre, ii, 152
Simpson, Dr., iii, 80
Simpson, General, estimates distance Coronado marched, i, 128
Simpson, George, corporal, iii, 111
Simpson, James, ii, 160
Simpson, Jeremiah, ii, 183, 186, 190
Simpson, Joshua, iii, 131
Simpson, Robert, ii, 160
Sims, R. R., iii, 85
Sinclair, Governor Patrick, ii, 36, 37; report of attack on St. Louis, ii, 39, 79 Sinclair, alias John, Sinkler, i, 373; iii, 103 Sinclair, Robert, iii, 85
Sineson, John, ii, 192
Sinkhole, battle of, iii, 130; account of, by Shaw, 130; description of the place of fight, 132
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Sinkholes, many caused by New Madrid earthquake, iii, 177 Siouan Indians, i, 169 Skerett, or Skerritt, Isadore, ii, 156 Skerritt, Elizabeth, ii, 156 Skin dressing, iii, 189
Skinner, Jonathan, ii, 76 Skinner, Mrs. Anna, ii, 76 Skins, found at Capaha, i, 113 Sky, darkened by pigeons, i, 34 Slaughter, Dr., settles in Jackson, iii, 82
Slavery, connected with agriculture, ii, 239; of Indians, 240; advo- cates greatly strengthened by the attempt to deprive people of the new state of right to determine, iii, 243; largest slave owning counties, 244; sanctioned by constitution of 1820, 246
Slaves, prohibited from leaving cabins at night, ii, 49; prohibited from dressing like Indians, 49; well treated by French, 242; agitation among caused by the cession, 375; constitutional provision for pro- tection of, iii, 251 Sling-stones, i, 46 Slinker, Frederick, ii, 189, 192
Slinker, Jacob, ii, 189
Sloan, Amos, iii, 229
Sloan, Fergus, iii, 229
Sloan, James, iii, 229
Sloan, John, iii, 229
Sloan, Levi A., iii, 229
Sloan, Robert, i, 373; iii, 229
Sloan, Samuel, iii, 229
Sloan, Thomas, iii, 103, 229
Sloan, William S., iii, 229
Smallpox, in St. Louis, ii, 62
Small, Sam, iii, 157
Smirl, George, junior, ii; 76
Smirl, George, senior, ii, 76 Smirl, James, ii, 76
Smith, Abraham, ii, 88, 160 Smith, Alexander, iii, 158
Smith, Andrew, corporal, iii, 115
Smith, Antoine, ii, 69
Smith, Bernard, i, 383
Smith, Charles, ii, 384
Smith, Christian, a St. Louis baker, iii, 60
Smith, or Clingersmith, Daniel Cling- en, ii, 189
Smith, Eli, ii, 69
Smith, Francois, ii, 101
Smith, Gen. Thomas A., iii, 183 Smith, George, ii, 69
Smith, Henry, i, 383 Smith, Henry H., iii, 6
Smith, James, ii, 156, 405
Smith, James, junior, ii, 69
Smith, James, senior, ii, 69
Smith, John, i, 382; ii, 154, 103, 186
Smith, John, killed, iii, 115
Smith, John, senior, i, 382 Smith, John Adams, ii, 98 Smith, John Henry, ii, 192 Smith, T., John, attains notoriety, iii, 55; manufacturer of fire-arms, 74; duel with Browne, 79
Smith, Joseph, iii, 104, 158
Smith, Levi, ii, 69
Smith, Martha Ann, il, 154
Smith, Mary, ii, 163 Smith, Peter, ii, 95
Smith, Rachel, ii, 154
Smith, Rev. Daniel, iii, 226
Smith, Robert, i, 380
Smith, Robert, iii, 196
Smith, Robert A., iii, 105
Smith, Samuel, ii, 72; teacher in the St. Louis College, iii, 71
Smith, Thomas, i, 382; ii, 92, 95
Smith, Thomas, killed by Indians on south side of river, iii, 114, 115,
138; first shoemaker in Boonslick country, 146, 157
Smith, Thomas, in Coat's prairie, iii, 223 Smith, William, ii, 162, 189, 192
Smith, William, iii, 8, 25, 103
Smoky Water, i, I
Smoot, Walter, 1, 382
Smyth, in 1784, says game plentiful, i, 39 Smyth, J. F. D., i, 2
Snaling, or Snelling, Peggy Curtis, ii, 153 Sneathen, James, iii, 138
Snetham, John, iii, 138
Sneetham, John, iii, 210
Snodgrass, George, iii, 159
Snyder, Dr. J. F., says Osages built no mounds, i, 45
Socherd, Elizabeth, i, 382
"Social," brand of flour, ii, 258
Social position, change of by cession, iii, 55 Society, at St. Louis, iii, 56 Sojourner, Louis, ii, 246 Solde, Jeanne, i, 352
Soldiers, of Spanish American com- pany, ii, 192 Soliere, or Soulair, Toussaint, ii, 88 Sollers, Safert, iii, 84 Solomon, John, i, 386 Solomon, Samuel, il, 56, 398
Sommault, or Zumwalt, family, ii, 97
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Sommault, or Zumalt, senior, Andrew, ii, 102 Sommault, or Zumalt, Christopher, ii, 96, 102 Sommerville, Alexander, ii, 160 Somors, Juan, or John Summers, ii, 165 Sorin, Joseph, ii, 56 Soudry, Carlos Leonardo, ii, 150 Soulard, Don Antonio, i, 368; ii, 82; letter of DeLassus, 136; surveys boundary of Cape Girardeau dis- trict, ii, 167; the surveyor of upper Louisiana, 58, 99, 225; cited for con- tempt, iii, 47
Sources, of the St. Francis and Big rivers in granite hills, i, 27
Southeast Missouri, center of pre- historic activity of mound-builders, full of mounds, i, 53
South Sea, De Soto seeks to reach, i, 114, 244
Spain, jealousy of colonial claims, ii, 231; intrigues to separate the West from the Atlantic states, 335; objects to sale, 350
Spalding, Josiah, first editor of "Re- publican," iii, 22, 65
Spaniards, did not settle in upper Louisiana, ii, 286; depart from upper Louisiana Nov. 16, 1804, 366 Spanish and American treatment of the Indians compared, ii, 214 Spanish cabildo, how organized, ii, 193
Spanish caravan, various accounts of, by Bousu, i, 250; by Charlevoix, 252; by Martin, 253; by Bienville in his report, 253; the Spanish officials' report of it, 254 Spanish census, ii, 208 Spanish expedition, report of, i, 254; up the Illinois River, ii, 42 Spanish Commercial Company, ii, 254 Spanish fort, in Dade county, a pre- historic work, i, 83
Spanish grant, to Shawnees and Dela- wares, i, 219
Spanish intrigues, to separate the West from the Union, i, 315; Gen. Wil- kinson's effort to make a separate and independent American state under the Spanish protection west of the mountains, 315
Spanish land claimants "lobby" for Benton, iii, 265
Spanish land grants, proclamation of Stoddard in regard to them, ii, 374; failure of Congress to adjust, causes dissatisfaction, 388
Spanish land titles, how they entered into consideration to secure election of Benton, iii, 267
Spanish law, abridgment of, ii, 195; abolished, iii, 12; demand for copies of, 43 Spanish Lieutenant-Governors, reside at St. Louis, iii, 161
Spanish military company, at New Madrid, ii, 141 Spanish Mines, ii, 79
Spanish Needle Prairie, above Roche- port, iii, 138 Spanish, official language, ii, 196 Spanish officials, ii, 194; make heavy charges, 253; sued after cession, iii, 56 Spanish policy, in establishing Portage des Sioux, ii, 88
Spanish territory, invaded by English traders, ii, 249 Spanish troops, paid in specie, ii, 259; surrender St. Louis fort, 362 Spaulding, Bishop, ii, 312 Spann, or Spahn, William, ii, 149
Sparks, John, ii, 78 Sparks, Jonas, ii, 78
Spear, Edward, sergeant, iii, III
Spear, John, murdered by Peter John- son in 1810, iii, 81 Spears, Edgar, iii, 206 Spears, Edward, Lieutenant, killed at Sinkhole, iii, 133 Specie, payment in, ii, 237; during the Spanish dominion, iii, 191
Spencer, -, iii, 7 Spencer, Benjamin, i, 367; ii, 102 Spencer, George Robert, ii, 60, 102
Spencer, Joseph, ii, 67, 384
Spencer, Robert, ii, 384; iii, 3, 104, 106 Spencer, Thomas, ii, 102 Spencer, or Spence, William, ii, 93 Spiesmacher, Major Frederick Chris- tian, ii, 298 Sports and games on Sunday, iii, 58 Sprague, Mr., a teacher at Harmony, i, 199 Sprigg, Jenifer, iii, 185 Spring River, i, 17 Spriggs, i, 18
Springs, sulphur, chalybeate, alkaline, lithia, i, 18 Square and Compass, tavern at Franklin, iii, 61 Stallcup, Mark H., iii, 197 Stanley, John, iii, 157 Stapleton, Capt. G., iii, 197 Stark, James, iii, 158 Stark, Victoria, ii, 10
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Starke, Henry, i, 384 Starke, James, i, 384 Starke, Samuel, i, 384 Starling, Lyne, iii, 196 Starnater, John, i, 374
State arms, adopted, ii, 369; heraldic meaning of, iii, 270
State offices, except treasurer, under constitution of 1820, appointive, iii, 252
Statler, Adam, ii, 192 Statler, Conrad, ii, 192
Steamboat transportation, iii, 198; change effected by steam transpor- tation, 199 Steamboats, on the Missouri, iii, 198 Steam mills, iii, 189
Steele, Andrew, candidate for clerk, ii, 412 Steele, John, iii, 193 Stefanelly, Antoine, ii, 53
145, 181;
Steinback, merchant, ii, biographical sketch of, iii, 196 Stephen, dit Stephenson, James, ii, 245
Stephens, Jacob, iii, 85
Stephens, Judge L. C., iii, 70
Stephenson, Henry, ii, 97
Stephenson, Hugh, ii, 71
Stephenson, dit Stephens, James, ii, 73 Stephenson, John, ii, 94; iii, 115
Stetler, or Stadler, Peter, ii, 189
Stephenson, Edward, iii, 131
Stevenson, Rev. William, iii, 239
Stevenson, Robert M., iii, 224; re- joices at the organization of church at Bellevue, iii, 229
Stevenson, William O., iii, 229
Stewart, D., iii, 188
Stewart, Elias C., ii, 100
Stewart, Jackey, ii, 100
Stewart, James, ii, 76
Stewart, John or James, dit Tucka- hoe, i, 374; ii, 71, 75, 112, 245
Stewart, William, ii, 71, 72, 100, 101 Still, Joseph, killed by Indians, iii, 118, 138 Stillman, Jacob Hans, ii, 148
Stillwell, Harold, iii, 104 Stinson, John, iii, 138
Stirling, Captain, arrives at Fort de Chartres, ii, 12 Stockdale, Joshua, ii, 92 Stockley, Francois, ii, 158
Stoddard, his opinion as to antiquity of mound-builder works, i, 42; ii, 56; his report on Cape Girardeau District, ii, 180, 198, 285; letter to DeLassus, 360; reply to De-
Lassus on transfer of country, 362; his address to the people of upper Louisiana, 370, 372; on cooking of French Canadians, 278; first Ameri- can official of upper Louisiana re- sides at St. Louis, iii, 161
Stoker, Jonathan, ii, 153
Stokes, William, iii, 235
Stone graves, near Fenton, i, 78
Stone hammers found near the Bur- beuse, i, 78 Stone, of North Carolina, he thought
Louisiana Purchase might dis- solve the Union, ii, 354.
Stone, John B., iii, 104, 107
Stone well, near old Ste. Genevieve, i, 338 Storekeepers, keep bachelors' hall, iii, 60
Story, Joseph, surveyor at New Mad- rid, ii, 142, 159, 225
Stotlar, Adam, ii, 189
Stotlar, Conrad, ii, 189
Stotlar, or Stoker, Jonathan, ii, 165
Stout's fort, iii, 137
Strange, Tubal, founds the "Missouri Herald," at Jackson in 1818, iii, 66
Street, Elder William, iii, 217 Strickland, David, i, 367, 380, 382; iii, 86
Strickland, Eli. i, 380
Strickland Joab, i, 380
Strickland, John, i, 374
Strickland, Phoebe, i, 380
Strickland, Titus, i, 374, 380
Stringer, Daniel, ii, 163
Stringer, Daniel, junior, ii, 163
Stringer, George, ii, i63
Strong, John, ii, 186
Strother, Benjamin, i, 382, 384
Strother, French, murdered Cozzens, iii, 23, 235
Strother, Guillaume, i, 367
Strother, Samuel D., i, 384; ii, 190, 192 Strother, William, i, 384; ii, 192; iii, 104, 107
Stroud, Adam, ii, 75
Stuart, Alexander, Judge of the north- ern circuit, biographical sketch of, iii, 9 Stuart, or Stewart, John, i, 368
Stubblefield, partner of Badgly, iii, 187
Sturges, Jacques, i, 380
Sturgees, James, syndic on the Plat- in, ii, 199 Sturgis, James, iii, 84 Sturgis, John A., i, 379; syndic, 380
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Sturgis, John A., junior, i, 380 Subdelegates, only had authority to grant land, ii, 217
Subgroup of mound-builders, in Southeast Missouri, i, 47 Sublette, William, conducts the Gen- eral . Jackson tavern at Jackson, iii, 6
Subterranean channels of springs, i, 18
Sullens, Jane, iii, 214
Sullens, John, ii, 73; iii, 214
Sullens, Nathan, ii, 77
Sullens, Richard, ii, 77, iii, 214
Sullens, Susan, iii, 214
Sullivan, brother-in-law of Gen. Evans, i, 14
Sullivan, Dennis, ii, 182, 186, 192 Sullivan, Gen., iii, 85
Sullivan, John C., surveys the north- ern boundary, i, 14; Deputy United States Surveyor under Rector, 14; iii, 8; member of the constitu- tional convention, 249; notes on, 255 Sullivan, P., a teacher in St. Louis, iii, 69, 70
Sullivan, William, first constable of St. Louis, ii, 383; iii, 6, 8 . Sulphur Springs, i, 18
Sumande, Joseph, ii, 54
Summers, Alexander, ii, 192
Summers, Andrew, ii, 160, 186, 192
Summers, John, ii, 154, 185
Summers, John, junior, ii, 185, 192 Sunday, common fields viewed on, ii, 233; among the French Cana- dian settlers, 272; a day of hilarity, 276; a day of amusement, iii, 57; a market day, 57; a day given over to sport, 58; the people meet in St. Louis on, in 1808, 163; first or- dinance prohibiting vending goods on, 165; day indicated to settlers by raising a flag, 204; a day of festivity, 204
Sunday school, organized at Chari- ton, iii, 223
Sunday school, for Negroes, opened in St. Louis by Peck, iii, 214
Sunk lands, caused by New Madrid earthquake, iii, 178
Superior character of southeast Mis- souri pottery ware, i, 49
Supplies, to boatmen furnished by Shawnees living on Apple Creek, i, 215 Supreme Court, first Judges of, iii, 266
Survey, how lands at New Madrid were to be surveyed under Mor- gan's plan, ii, 117; of St. Louis,
iii, 164; of the lots of the town of St. Louis, first, 166
Swan, Hugh, ii, 96 Swan Creek, i, 18
Swan, William, ii, 153
Swans, i, 35, 36
Swashon, Joseph, ii, 150
Swearingen, Samuel, iii, 245
Sweeney, James, ii, 76
Swift, James, ii, 97
Sydener, Laurence, ii, 101
Syndics, jurisdiction of, ii, 199; receive no salary, 200
San Carlos del Misuri, ii, 80
San Domingo, negroes brought from island to upper Louisiana, i, 282
San Fernando de Florissant, ii, 80
San Felip, Felice Quoir, ii, 54
San Lorenzo el Real, treaty of, i, 318
Sans Oreille, chief of the Osages, i, 185 St. Amont, Antoine, ii, 91
St. Andre, Jean, ii, 22
St. Andre, Nicholas, ii, 22
St. Andre del Misuri, Mackay Com- mandant, ii, 70
St. Ange de Bellerive, ensign in Bourg- mont's expedition, i, 164, 267
St. Ange de Bellerive, Louis (Groston), i, 390; takes possession of Spanish fort on the Missouri by order of the Spanish Governor, 297; Piernas surrenders fort to him, 297; royal effects attached when he reaches St. Louis, 297; Piernas' opinion of him, 298; il, 9; leaves Fort de Chartres, 12; biographical sketch of, 12, 13; in authority, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22; land grants of, treated by Spaniards as valid, 23; exercised criminal jurisdiction, 26; indebted to Dr. Conde, 27, 52; death of, 306 St. Ange, Madame, ii, 17
St. Aubin, Barby, ii, 142
St. Aubin, Francois, ii, 150
St. Aubin, Jean Baptiste, i, 353; ii, 142, 148
St. Aubin, Josephe, ii, 147
St. Aubin, Louis, senior, ii, 148
St. Aubin, Therese, ii, 161
St. Charles, boundary of district, ii, 79; hunting and fishing of people, 83; survey of village, 83; sur- rounded by fence, 84; population of, 85; location of houses, 85; Bishop Flaget at, 215; common fields of, 233; Lucas takes testi- mony of land claims there, iii, 47; Sunday at, 58; post route from to Fort Cooper established in 1816, 62;
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people apprehensive, during war of 1812, 109; population of at time of cession, 138; described, 139; in 1819 a declining town, 151; jealousy of St. Louis, 165; mer- chants of, 194; made the seat of Government of Missouri until 1826, 263
St. Clair county, Illinois, people of, complain of emigration to Missouri, iii, 150
St. Cosme, Father, on Mississippi, i, 240; erects a cross on high rock, probably in what is now Perry county, 145, 241; Seminarian Mis- sionary, ii, 290
St. Cosme, settlement of, i, 382
St. Cyr, Francois, ii, 68
St. Cyr, Helene, i, 357
St. Cyr, Hyacinthe, i, 357; ii, 12; has a horse mill at St. Charles, 85, 383
St. Ferdinand, or San Fernando de Florissant, ii, 66, 363
St. Francois, runs parallel with Mis- sissippi, i, 17; Piankeshaw village on, 219; Cherokees hunt on, 221
St. Francois, Antoine, ii, 22
St. Francois Basin, march of De Soto in, i, 101
St. Francois church, iii, 218, 219
St. Francois, Magdalen, ii, 10
St. Francois Mountains, a distinct up-lift, i, 21
St. Francois Xavier, a missionary station, i, 156
St. Gem, or St. Jeme, Amable, ii, 69
St. Gem, Jean Beauvais, iii, 86
St. Germain, Jean Baptiste, ii, 68
St. Germaine, Joseph, ii, 3, 78
St. Germain, Madame, ii, 52
St. James Bayou, ii, 162
St. Jean, Hypolite, ii, 152
St. Jean, Luis, ii, 152
St. Jean, dit Sans Souci, Pierre, ii, 56
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